Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E President William Samoei Ruto (PhD), President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform. H.E. Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016.
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Dar es Salaam, 23rd December 2016: The Training of Trainers Workshop on Small Hydropower Development, Operation and Maintenance organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the East African Community (EAC) concluded on 22nd December 2016 at the University of Dar es Salaam, College of Engineering, and Technology in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 22 December 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma lauds the peaceful environment which surrounded the conduct of Legislative Elections on 18 December 2016 in the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire. Dr. Dlamini Zuma is delighted with the smooth organization and proper conduct of the vote which marked an important milestone toward democratic consolidation in this country.
Mr. Bruce Wharton, Acting Under Secretary of State
Amb. Mary Beth Leonard, U.S. Ambassador to the African Union
Mr. Chris Runyan, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator
Director, Robert Scott, U.S. Department of State’s Africa Bureau
Mr. Mike Bittrick, Deputy Director, Office of Security Affairs, Bureau of African Affaires
Partners and Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the premises of the African Union Commission, on the occasion of our Fourth High Level Dialogue.
Agenda 2063 requires a pool of educated and talented young people
Durban, South Africa, 19 December 2016, Agenda 2063 Africa’s continental developmental framework will need a pool of talented and educated people, consequently no child should be turned away from education institutions on the continent because of poverty, so says African Union Commission Chairperson, Her Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Dr. Dlamini Zuma was presenting during a State of the Continent Media Briefing, which was hosted by South Africa’s Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS).
Cairo, Egypt 20 December 2016: The Credential Committee (CC) of the Economic Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) met in Hilton Ramses, Cairo, Egypt from 17-19 December 2016 to examine and appraise the applications submitted by the African civil organizations members of the 2nd ECOSOCC General Assembly. The meeting was chaired by the Head of the CC, Mrs Nagwa Metwally.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 December 2016 – A two-day awareness raising workshop on the African postal sector discussed and agreed on a framework that would re-enforce and speed up the transformation of the Continent’s postal services while ensuring the sector plays its rightful role in the realisation of Agenda 2063 and the First Ten Year Plan.
21 December 2016- As Africa prepares to launch the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (AfricaCDC) in January 2017, directors and other senior staff members of the African Union (AU) are meeting in Zanzibar from 21 to 23 December to draft appropriate plans and procedures to facilitate the rapid response required by the AfricaCDC.
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Meeting for the development of a procurement and operational guideline manual for the Africa CDC
Zanzibar Islands, 21st – 23rd December 2016
